The method statisticians use to produce a straight line that ...

[littleanan]

The method statisticians use to produce a straight line that minimizes the SSE is called the ___________________ _ method.
 Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Question 2

You cannot interpret the ___________________ _ of the simple linear regression line unless the value of x = 0 lies within the range of where data was collected.
 Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

[Edwyer]

Answer to Question 1

least squares

Answer to Question 2

y-intercept
y intercept

[littleanan]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[mochi09]

Gracias!